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Consignment online.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, success, web on May 5, 2015|
Pinterest for your Consignment or Resale Shop
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Pinterest, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, web on May 2, 2015|
This graphic comes from ANOTHER helpful how-to-use-Pinterest-for-business article at The American Genius.
Who’d know better than Pinterest how to create Pins that will drive traffic to your web site and blog… and from there, into your store?
Doubt the power of Pinterest? It consistently drives
Fire up your printer!
Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, perceived value, resale shopkeeping, small business on April 27, 2015|
Fire up your color printer! I’m thinking some inspirational photos in sign holders around the shop might nudge a few sales hither and yon…. like:
Showing folks how
Some reading matter for consignment, resale and thrift shops.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged blogging, employees, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on April 16, 2015| 3 Comments »
I’ve collected up quite a few (liar. A whole closet-full.) PDFs from around the web that you might find useful in building, growing, and polishing your shop. Take a moment and bookmark this post in your “Shop Success” file (you do have one of those, right?) because they’re not easy to find, and because, even if you don’t need them today, you will, someday.
Quick resources:
A fill-in-the-blanks employee review from The Retail Doc (as discussed on the NARTS group recently)
Extraordinary Customer Service, a must for your staffers’ reference folders, from Rick Segel
Some deeper reading:
An Introduction to Business Blogging
Take a pitchur why don’t ya?
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, small business on April 14, 2015| 6 Comments »
I’m sure you’ve all had the experience of seeing yourself, your home… or your store… in pictures and thinking
OMG does it REALLY look that bad?
There’s something about our vision that edits (more…)
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